I found that getting off the street was just as, if not more difficult than getting off drugs. I guess you can say that homelessness and all of its "lack of" is its own form of addiction. In all honesty, I know that had I not been on drugs I don't believe that i would have ever become homeless, but as with everything, you never know. Once on the street,the freedom, is addicting, the lack of responsibility is liberating and the mere thought of everything conventional is "boring." So, once off the drugs and real life starts to be a part of our daily reality once again, with all of it's responsibilities, the street and it's lifestyle eventually fade to black